Pollex Reconstructed Protoforms
| Level | Reconstruction | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TAU-.7B | Prefix indicating reciprocal kin relation | |
| TAU.8 | Song | |
| TAU.ŋ | Reef or shoal | |
| T-AUA | Retrospective definitive, preposed to common nouns mentioned previously | |
| TAUALA | Luff, sail close to the wind | |
| TAU-AMA | Rope connecting outrigger with canoe | |
| TAU-FAA | Squall, rain storm; a constellation | |
| TAUIRA | Pupil, acolyte | |
| TAU-LA | Anchor | |
| TAU-LAGA | Anchorage; resting place (of birds, fish, etc.) | |
| TAU-LEKALEKA.A | Youth; young man | |
| TAU-LEKALEKA.B | Handsome, beautiful | |
| TAU-LOGO | Tell news | |
| TAULOKO | A plant (Solanum sp.) | |
| TAU-LUA | Two of a kind, pair | |
| CK | TAU-MAAROO | Argue |
| TAUMAFA | Ceremonial food; offering to the gods | |
| TAU-MAFA.* | Heavy | |
| TAU-MAMAQO | Far off, very distant | |
| TAU-MATA | Eyeshade | |
| TAUME | Spathe of coconut palm | |
| TAU-MULI | Stern of canoe | |
| TAU-MUQA | Foredeck of a canoe | |
| TAU-NAMU | Mosquito net: *ta(i,u)namu | |
| TAUNAPE | Loincloth | |
| FU | TAUNAPU | Armlet |
| TAUPE | Hang, droop, bend down: *(ta(a))upe | |
| TAU-PILI | Follow closely, be closely associated | |
| TAUPOO | An inflamed ulcer or carbuncle: *taupo(o,a) | |
| TAU-QA | War, war-party | |
| TAU-QI | Pay, repay, compensate (Rby). Exchange, change. | |
| TAURA | Rope | |
| TAU-RAKI | Dry in air or sun | |
| TAU-RUA | A double canoe | |
| TAU-SALA | To err, get it wrong | |
| TAUSI | Take care of; observe (custom etc.) | |
| TAU-SINU.* | Tree Heliotrope (Tournefortia argentea): *tau-s(i,u)nu | |
| TAU-SOA | Be a couple, do something as a couple or pair; be friends | |
| TAU-SUNI.* | Tree Heliotrope (Tournefortia argentea) | |
| TAU-TAFA | Edge, border (Rby) | |
| TAU-TAHI | An expert in seafaring and associated skills (Ebt) | |
| TAUTALA | ?? | |
| TAU-TALI | To follow | |
| TAU-TAMA | Suckle an infant; take care of a child | |
| CK | TAUTARA | |
| TAU-TASA | Single, only one | |
| TAU-TAU | Quarrel | |
| TAUTE | To prepare (esp. food), fix up, take care of | |
| TAU-TONU | On time, at the right time; at the right time or place, in the right manner | |
| TAUTU | Porcupine Fish (Diodon hystrix) and related spp. : *ta(a)(q)utu |
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